ENG 2D1: Seminar Guidelines and Topics
Description of Criteria:
1. Your seminar will be prepared and presented with your literature circle group
members.
2. Each seminar is to be 20 minutes in length. This time frame includes both class
interaction and questions.
3. Use a variety of audio-visual aids.
4. Present a clear introduction and thesis.
5. Use effective capture techniques, clearly connected to your topic.
6. You must integrate quotation support from course texts into your arguments.
7. Provide a thorough analysis that incorporates class discussion and links back to
your thesis.
8. If you do research on your topic beyond the primary texts, you must provide a
proper bibliography.
9. You must engage the class in meaningful discussion throughout the seminar.
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Use the writing process to break down the topic, gather material, and arrive at a
thesis.
Book necessary equipment well in advance.
Make sure that your thesis and topic sentences are always “in sight”.
Decide on an overall strategy for your presentation.
Submit Seminar Checklist before presentation.
Choose ONE of the following topics:
1. Trace the development of at least one of the novel's characters throughout the course of
the narrative.
2. In literary works, imagery can be used to express an idea, clarify connotative meaning,
or enlarge literal meaning. Focusing on one pattern of imagery from the text, analyze how
the narrator develops character or theme. Do not merely summarize the plot.
3. To what extent is your novel about the "flawed nature of humanity"? You may
consider developing criteria for a civilized society as part of your preparation.
4. Discuss the importance of storytelling in your novel.